St. Josaphats Church

Schedule of Divine Liturgies


WEEKENDS	SATURDAY EVENING	5:00PM	ENG
	SUNDAY	09:30AM	ENG & UKR
WEEK DAYS	TUES-THURS	8:00AM	UKR

Something you should know

Confessions:	Both daily and Sundays before all Liturgies
Baptisms:	By appointment. Sponsors must be practicing Catholics
Marriage:	Contact your Pastor at least six months in advance. Attendance at PreCana is required.
Religious Education:	Grades K-8 Sundays at 11:15 AM
Ministry to the Sick:	Kindly notify the rectory office about parishioners who are confined to home, hospital, or convalescent home, so that a priest might visit them.
Sunday Bulletin Deadline:	Notices should be phoned in or brought to the Parish Office no later than 12:00 noon on the Monday previous to the publication.
New Parishioners:	Welcome to St. Josaphats! Please stop by the Rectory to introduce yourselves and register. We look forward to meeting you.
Bequests:	In making out your will, kindly remember your church. St Josaphats Ukrainian Catholic Church of Rochester, NY is our legal title.

Something You Should Know

Church Events & Meetings

May 28: Blessing of Graves

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Community Events

May 6: Bingo Resumes

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Because of the heightened alert due to the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Josaphat’s Bingo is suspended until April 17, 2020
We thank you for your patronage and for helping us build a wonderful Bingo community.
We have decided to suspend our Bingo operations for the rest of the month of March. This is being done to protect the health of the players and our volunteers. Because of the long gestation period of the virus before symptoms show up (or even the lack of symptoms in those who carry the virus but are not affected) – we cannot risk exposing people to the potential hazard it represents.
As per the County Health Department’s request to limit gatherings of over 50 people – we believe our best path forward is to follow this guidance. We appreciate your understanding with our decision and hope to see you back in April when it is hopefully safer to return to normal group activities.

From the Pastor

SUNDAY OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN

The Samaritan Woman at the well is known to us as St. Photini (Svitlana), Equal‐to‐the‐Apostles. After her life altering meeting with Jesus Christ and His Death and Resurrection, she was baptized by the apostles with the name Photini (meaning “enlightened one”). She proceeded to evangelize many in Africa before being brought before Nero in Rome and receiving a crown of martyrdom along with her family. Photini came to the well to fill her water pot to sustain physical life but left with something much more, living water that quenched her spiritual thirst. Jesus Christ’s interaction with the Samaritan Woman is notable for several reasons. It was considered inappropriate for Jesus, as a teacher, as a male, and as a Jew, to engage in conversation with such a person. Samaritans were considered “half‐breeds” or heretics, former Jews who had apostatized from the true faith. Jesus Christ, being the second Person of the Trinity, establishes that the Kingdom of God encompasses all people proclaiming His Word. Sometimes the unlikeliest people serve as His most convincing witnesses. The Gospel account also reveals to us how Jesus is able to see into the depths of all hearts and know who truly long for Him and belong to Him.

STANDING

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ВІДВІДИНИ ХВОРИХ

If you or a family member are admitted to a hospital for any reason and wish to have a priest come to visit, please notify the parish office. Recent federal privacy laws do not allow hospitals to notify the parish if you are admitted. It is the responsibility of the patient or family to notify the parish office.

Ukrainian Catholic Retreat

Members of Saint Josaphats Ukrainian Catholic Church have a long history of participation in Retreats. For many years men and women of the Parish participated in Men’s Retreats or Women’s Retreats conducted by Roman Rite priests of the Redemptorist Order.

St. Josaphats Festival

The St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Festival was established in 1973 as an effort to introduce Ukrainian Arts and Crafts, Ukrainian food, and Ukrainian music and dance to the Greater Rochester community. Since its